Market announcement
AS TALLINNA VESI
LEI code
5493000M6TVS2X0KWC97
Size of the entity
Large group
Economic activities
Water Supply; Sewerage, Waste Management and Remediation Activities
Country of registered office
Estonia
General information
Categories
Other price sensitive information
Unique data record identifier
6381
Submission date and time
24.11.2017 09:00:00
Content of announcement in Estonian
Title
Riigikohus teeb AS Tallinna Vesi tariifivaidluse osas otsuse 12. detsembril
Message
Riigikohus teavitas, et otsus AS Tallinna Vesi tariifivaidluse osas
Konkurentsiametiga langetatakse 12. detsembril 2017. Tallinna Vesi teatab
otsusest börsiteate vahendusel esimesel võimalusel.
Käesoleva aasta veebruaris esitas AS Tallinna Vesi Riigikohtule
kassatsioonkaebuse Tallinna Ringkonnakohtu 26. jaanuari 2017 otsuse peale,
millega Tallinna Ringkonnakohus jättis rahuldamata ettevõtte kaebuse AS
Tallinna Vesi ja Konkurentsiameti vahelises tariifivaidluses. 20. juunil 2017
otsustas Riigikohus võtta menetlusse veebruaris 2017 ASi Tallinna Vesi poolt
esitatud kassatsioonkaebuse.
Tariifivaidluse taust:
Konkurentsiamet on alates 2011. aasta maist keeldunud rahuldamast AS Tallinna
Vesi poolt esitatud vee- ja reoveeteenuse hinnataotlusi. 2011. aasta oktoobris
tegi Konkurentsiamet AS-ile Tallinna Vesi ettekirjutuse tariifide
vähendamiseks. Konkurentsiamet ei ole oma seisukohta muutnud hoolimata sellest,
et Eesti kohtud on tunnistanud AS-i Tallinna Vesi ja Tallinna Linna vahel 2001.
aastal sõlmitud teenuslepingu tariife puudutava osa halduslepinguks.
AS Tallinna Vesi on seisukohal, et halduslepingut peab riik haldusmenetluse
seaduse alusel järgima kuni lepingu muutmise või kehtetuks tunnistamiseni.
Tallinna Halduskohus jättis ettevõtte kaebuse 05. juuni 2015 otsusega
(põhjendatud otsus tehti 12. oktoobril 2015) rahuldamata ning Tallinna
Ringkonnakohus jättis ettevõtte kaebuse 26. jaanuari 2017 otsusega samuti
rahuldamata. AS Tallinna Vesi ei nõustunud Tallinna Halduskohtu ega Tallinna
Ringkonnakohtu otsustega, kuna AS Tallinna Vesi hinnangul on kohtud hinnanud
tõendeid ja kohaldanud õigust ebaõigesti.
Paralleelselt ning eraldiseisvana kohalikust kohtuvaidlusest on käimas
rahvusvaheline vahekohtumenetlus. Rahvusvahelise vahekohtu istungid toimusid
2016. aasta novembris. Vahekohtumenetlusega seotud korraldused ja otsused,
välja arvatud konfidentsiaalseks tunnistatud dokumendid on kättesaadavad
Rahvusvahelise Investeeringualaste Vaidluste Lahendamise Keskuse (International
Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes) kodulehelt.
Riina Käi
AS Tallinna Vesi
Finantsdirektor
Ph: (+372) 62 62 262
[email protected]
Content of announcement in English
Title
Supreme Court will make the decision on AS Tallinna Vesi’s tariff dispute on 12.12.2017
Message
Supreme Court announced that the decision on the tariff dispute between AS
Tallinna Vesi and Estonian Competition Authority would be made on 12.12.2017.
AS Tallinna Vesi will communicate the decision by making a relevant market
announcement at the earliest opportunity.
In February 2017, AS Tallinna Vesi lodged an appeal in cassation with the
Supreme Court against the Tallinn Circuit Court’s decision of 26th January
2017, in which Tallinn Circuit Court dismissed the Company’s claim against the
Competition Authority as regards to the tariff dispute. On 20th June 2017, the
Supreme Court accepted the appeal in cassation for proceedings.
Background of the tariff dispute:
Since May 2011, the Estonian Competition Authority has so far refused to
approve AS Tallinna Vesi’s water and sewerage tariff applications. In October
2011, the Estonian Competition Authority issued a precept to AS Tallinna Vesi
to reduce tariffs. The Estonian Competition Authority has not changed its
opinion, irrespective of the fact that the Estonian courts have previously
declared the tariffs’ part of the Services Agreement, which was executed
between AS Tallinna Vesi and the City of Tallinn back in 2001, to be a public
law contract.
AS Tallinna Vesi’s belief is that under the Administrative Procedure Act, the
state is obliged to comply with a public law contract until amendment or repeal
thereof.
By its decision of 5th June 2015, Tallinn Administrative Court dismissed the
company’s complaint (the Court published the reasoning of the decision on 12th
October 2015) and Tallinn Circuit Court also dismissed the company’s appeal by
its decision made on 26th January 2017. AS Tallinna Vesi disagreed with the
decisions made by the Tallinn Administrative Court and Tallinn Circuit Court,
because AS Tallinna Vesi is of the opinion that the Courts had incorrectly
applied the law, and wrongly assessed the submitted evidence.
International arbitration proceedings are running separately and in parallel to
the local court dispute. The hearings in the international arbitration
proceedings were held in November 2016. The procedural orders and decisions
issued during the arbitration proceedings, subject to the redaction of
confidential information, are available on the ICSID webpage.
Riina Käi
AS Tallinna Vesi
Chief Financial Officer
Ph: (+372) 62 62 262
[email protected]